BEAHIVE: Chronogram Magazine Offers Live Events to Help Local Business, March 27 & April 17
Marketing expert Doug Motel shares his online marketing tips and tools to Hudson Valley residents in a series of business oriented seminars produced by Chronogram and BEAHIVE.

Hudson Valley, New York — Starting on the 27th of March, residents of New York’s Hudson Valley will get the opportunity to learn more on how to grow their businesses while enhancing their passion and sense of play through “The Game of Business” series. Produced by Chronogram magazine and BEAHIVE, this series includes 2 full-day seminars featuring marketing guru and personal growth coach Doug Motel. BEAHIVE provides the venue at 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY 12401.

“The Game of Business” series is made up of 2 full-day seminars; Playing the Game of Google on March 27th from 11 am to 4 pm and Playing the Game of Social Media on April 17th from 11 am to 4 pm. Both seminars will be conducted in a manner that is fun, lively and easy to understand by online marketing expert Doug Motel.

In “Playing the Game of Google”, participants will discover the 5 free things they can do to improve website search engine rankings, gets insider tips on getting to the top of search engines, learns what Google is looking for when it visits a website, as well as have their site analyzed by a search engine expert. In “Playing the Game of Social Media” the students will learn how to easily start a blog and start getting traffic from it, how to create a Facebook business page and a Twitter account, find out where their customers are hanging out online and discover tricks to get influential people on the Web to send visitors to their site.

Marketing coach and trainer Doug Motel has been involved in online marketing for more than 12 years. He is the founder of Site Optimized (www.Siteoptimized.com) and specializes in helping ‘techno-terrified’ and experienced business owners. Doug has helped produce some of the most innovative internet-based business sites including: ABC TV, MTV, Playboy.com, Comedy Central, and the Winter Olympics. His clients have obtained appearances on Oprah, CNN, The View and mentions in major publications like the Wall Street Journal.

Doug Motel was recently a speaker at the Empire State tourism conference in New York where he impressed attendees with his knowledge and humor. “Doug Motel provided information that was highly useful for the growth of our members’ bottom lines, while skillfully entertaining them in the process—and that is no small feat. His topic could make anyone’s head explode, but he was so dynamic and entertaining that, at times, the only exploding the group did was with laughter,” said Ann Melious, Conference Coordinator.

Sean Griffin, President of Rosendale Chamber of Commerce, acknowledged that Doug was the ‘real deal’ and “easily the most valuable and informative presenter that we’ve ever had at the Rosendale Chamber, or perhaps any other Chamber at which I’ve attended.”

Chronogram (www.chronogram.com ), is a free, monthly, Mid-Hudson magazine of events and ideas. Published by Luminary Publishing, The magazine is distributed in counties abutting the mighty Hudson River, including Ulster, Dutchess, Greene, Columbia, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, and the Berkshires.

BEAHIVE (www.beahivekingston.com ) provides a shared, creative work environment for freelancers, solopreneurs, micro-businesses, consultants and creative professionals. It is also building a community of members from diverse backgrounds drawn together by a common desire to improve their professional and personal lives as well as their community.

Cost is $325 for each seminar which includes a catered lunch. A discount of $100 is given if a participant signs up for both seminars. For more information or to register online please visit www.playingthegames.com or call (845) 363-4728.
 
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